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| yall Diglot Newbie Italy Joined 5961 days ago 22 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Latin, French | Message 49 of 76 31 August 2008 at 10:57pm | IP Logged | ||
I personally use all of these words, and I believe other Americans do as well. In the first case, the sign in front of the school would read "Elementary." The one I went to was "Lakeview Elementary." I do use the other two though. "Secondary school" is also used here in addition to "high school." The latter is less formal. The association that governs high school sports in my state is called the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association. However, in conversation, no one would ever ask you where you went to secondary school. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6959 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 50 of 76 01 September 2008 at 5:13am | IP Logged | ||
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I haven't read the entire thread so I appologise if this has been brought up already...
When reading through the original list I was thinking of which words we use in Australia. In general it's a mix of the british and american words, but we do have a few additions... BRITISH AMERICAN AUSTRALIAN aubergine, egg-plant bisuit, cookie chips, French fries cooker, stove & nbsp; Oven crisps, chips jug, &n bsp; pitcher mince, hamburger meat maize, corn sweets, candy & nbsp; lollies tin, &n bsp; can aeroplane, airplane boot, & nbsp; trunk filling station, gas station petrol station lorry, truck petrol, gas autumn, fall braces, suspenders dressing-gown, bathrobe trousers, pants chemist's, drugstore dustbin, garbage (can) Rubbish bin dustman, garbage man film, & nbsp; movie flat, & nbsp;apartment lift, & nbsp; elevator post, & nbsp; mail prison, jail/penitentiary toilets, restrooms rubber, eraser shop assistant, sales-clerk I do notice, as an Australian living in London, that there are quite a few differences with food. The british say Pepper where the Australians say Capsicum, and the British say Courgette where the Australians say Zucchini. A lolly in Britain is an icey-pole in Australia. And a lolly-pop in Australia is (I believe) a sucker (am I right?) in America. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6959 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 51 of 76 01 September 2008 at 5:14am | IP Logged | ||
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Appologies for the terrible formatting of that post....not sure why that happened, I hope you can still get the gist!
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| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6439 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 52 of 76 01 September 2008 at 6:07am | IP Logged | ||
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Wow, what do you mean by 'oven'?
To me (Canadian English), a "stove" is what you cook food on, in pots and pans, and an "oven" is what you bake food in, like pies and cakes. What do you call these two pieces of equipment? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| raeve Diglot Groupie GermanyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6362 days ago 65 posts - 66 votes Speaks: EnglishB2, German* Studies: Swedish, Serbian, Spanish | Message 53 of 76 01 September 2008 at 7:50am | IP Logged | ||
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I had to learn British English in school here in Germany, however due to my American roots (which are actually of German roots), I always preferred American English. Occasionally got me into trouble with my teachers.
I know most of the British words either from school or from TV, but I always use the American ones. British English is strange to me :P What I also notice quite often is that BE more often uses "Have you got...?", where AE mostly uses "Do you have...?". Is that true and how are your experiences with that? Edited by raeve on 01 September 2008 at 7:51am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6439 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 54 of 76 01 September 2008 at 8:18am | IP Logged | ||
I definitely follow the AE use on that one. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ichiro Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6209 days ago 111 posts - 152 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, French Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Malay | Message 55 of 76 01 September 2008 at 8:49am | IP Logged | ||
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For me (British) "Have you got...?" and "Do you have...?" are both perfectly natural, but "Do you have...?" is just a shade more formal. There's not much in it though - properly formal would be "Would you have...?" or some other special politeness form.
We can definitely differ in the negative, though. Long ago I remember watching the Quicky Koala show on TV. It was an American cartoon about a very fast Koala. According to the theme song - First you got him Then you don't It's the Quicky Koala show I'd never think of saying anything like "You don't got him" or "You don't got it". One US form I've heard from someone who lived over on the East Coast was the use of 'went' as the past participle of 'to go', eg 'I had went' or 'he had went'. I don't think it was a written form for him, but it was his standard spoken form. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zenmonkey Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6552 days ago 803 posts - 1119 votes 1 sounds Speaks: EnglishC2*, Spanish*, French, German Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew | Message 56 of 76 01 September 2008 at 9:42am | IP Logged | ||
Arggh!! ;) Coriander and Cilantro are not the same thing. Coriander -- dry seed Cilantro -- fresh herb or Chinese Parsley a little word play... from here: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Coriandrum.html BENGALI : Dhane, Dhania, Dhoney. BURMESE : Nan nan bin (leaves), Nan nan zee (fruits / seeds). CHINESE : Hu sui, Xiang sui, Yan sui (wan swee). CROATIAN : Korijander. CZECH : Koriandr. DANISH : Koriander. DUTCH : Koriander. ENGLISH : Chinese-parsley (leaves), Cilantro (leaves), Coriander (fruits / seeds). FINNISH : Korianteri. FRENCH : Coriandre (fruits / seeds), Persil arabe (leaves), Grain de coriandre (fruits / seeds), Graine de coriandre (seeds for sowing). GERMAN : Böbberli (Switzerland), Chinesische Petersilie (leaves), Chrapfechörnli (Switzerland), Indische Petersilie (leaves), Koriander (fruits / seeds), Rügelikümmi (Switzerland), Wanzenkümmel (fruits / seeds), Korianderfrucht, Schwindelkorn, Wanzendill. GREEK : Koriannon, Korion. GUJARATI : Kothmiri, Konphir, Libdhane. HEBREW : Kuzbara. HINDI : Dhaniyaa (Dhania, Dhanya, Dhaanya), Dhania saabut (whole seeds), Dhaanyakam, Haraa dhania (leaves). HUNGARIAN : Coriander. ITALIAN : Coriandolo, Coriandro, Seme di coriandolo. JAPANESE : Koendoro, Koyendoro. KANNADA : Havija, Kambari, Kottambari, Kothambari, Kothambri, Kothmiri bija. KASHMIRI : Daaniwal, Kothambalari. etc... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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